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Manassas Guth Covered Bridge

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
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Manasses Guth Bridge

Photo taken by Pat Madden in Septemeber 2011

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Description 

The bridge that anchors the eastern end of South Whitehall Township's Covered Bridge Park is Manassas Guth's Bridge. It joins the Wehr Covered Bridge as bookends to this unique park along Jordan Creek.

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Overview
Bridge over Jordan Creek
Location
South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1858
Builder
- Unknown
Design
Burr Truss
Dimensions
Span length: 129.0 ft.
Total length: 129.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 96.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.62960, -75.55339   (decimal degrees)
40°37'47" N, 75°33'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/453199/4497787 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
31596 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Cementon
Inventory number
BH 51737 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1858 (19)
Built during 1850s (205)
Burr arch-truss (226)
Covered (924)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (36)
Open (28,297)
 Pennsylvania (3,037)
South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania (1)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,950)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,559)
Unknown (11)

Update Log 

  • March 18, 2012: Added by Pat Madden

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  • Pat Madden

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